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by mypastself 3mo ago
Sounds like great idea, but can’t seem to find some key info: which “public ledger” is used here? A blockchain? If so, there would need to be a massive fee overhead. If not, then how are we not relying on trust? Also, is there some kind of
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by mypastself 2y ago
That’s exactly it. I view it almost like Newtonian physics. Sure, it’s inaccurate at some level, but until we find a superior model, it’s safer to make your investment decisions based on it.
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by mypastself 2y ago
Same here, with the caveat that Google has managed to successfully bully me into paying for Premium some time ago. Not sure if any Premium users are affected.
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by mypastself 2y ago
Are you disagreeing with the “chilling effect” section of the article, or are you implying the effect could not have been real due to the current length of the article?
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by mypastself 2y ago
If a major government agency repeatedly requests you follow certain guidelines and gets frustrated when you don’t, it might be reasonable to feel pressured or threatened, even if they’re your own guidelines. I know I’d be, even by what was
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by mypastself 2y ago
I assume he’s familiar with the transparency standards of his own site. And he still calls whatever happened pressure. So it’s entirely possible it wasn’t as innocuous as you suggest.
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by mypastself 2y ago
Did Zuckerberg himself support conspiracy theories? Or does he regret succumbing to government requests for censoring that type of content? Sounds to me like he wants to allow certain kinds of speech on his platform, regardless of whether o
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by mypastself 2y ago
Can’t find the claim about the statement not being political anywhere in the linked article. But there’s this: > Meta’s CEO aired his grievances in a letter Monday to the House Judiciary Committee in response to its investigation into co
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by mypastself 2y ago
Also, it will likely only improve. I expect that none of us here will be able to get a 10/10 on similar tests a decade from now. Or much sooner.
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by mypastself 2y ago
I wonder if companies are now more likely to keep those postings open despite not actually hiring. I’m personally (and of course anecdotally) aware of a number of such cases.
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by mypastself 2y ago
> “deceives” users into believing such accounts are safe when “there is evidence of motivated malicious actors abusing” the check mark system In what way do they deceive and abuse? The article doesn’t say. > a number of high-profile p
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by mypastself 2y ago
The article is from 2019, so its claims about Ethereum are outdated. But even so: > We start by collecting data on emission rates… for four pollutants commonly created by burning fossil fuels to produce energy Wait, why focus on fossil f
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Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first(apnews.com)
42 points by mypastself 2y ago|58 comments
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by mypastself 2y ago
I hope he flushed the DNS afterwards.
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by mypastself 2y ago
> It's similar to SSH works, but with SSH you'd need your Pi exposed to the Internet. How does Pi Connect’s access differ from regular port forwarding? Isn’t the device still exposed to the Internet? The article mentions Cloudf
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by mypastself 2y ago
It is inaccurate to say “Boeing has retaliated” if some employees among over a hundred thousand did so. Given that size, I’m sure there are plenty of illegal or unethical acts you could attribute to the company on account of individual empl
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by mypastself 2y ago
Is there any indication in the quoted statement that the retaliations were initiated or supported by the company management? If not, the headline remains inaccurate.
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by mypastself 2y ago
I obviously have no insight into whether or not the company engaged in whistleblower retaliation or intimidation practices. But that is a different argument from whether or not the headline accurately interpreted the statement.
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by mypastself 2y ago
So, according to the actual statement, the perpetrators were employees who were subsequently disciplined or fired. There’s no indication that the practice was company policy, encouraged, or even tolerated by the management. The headline is
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by mypastself 2y ago
To my knowledge, organizations like the WHO and countries like Brazil reported weaker effectiveness of the Chinese jabs compared to the likes of Pfizer. I’m not familiar with even China claiming otherwise these past few years. Are you sayi
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by mypastself 2y ago
So part of what you’re angry about is not based on known facts. If the leak never comes, will you retract your comment?
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by mypastself 2y ago
Per the article, the China vaccines are not as effective: > Although the Chinese vaccines were found to be less effective than the American-led shots by Pfizer and Moderna, all were approved by the World Health Organization. Is this a fa
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by mypastself 2y ago
Setting aside the ethics of propaganda being targeted at any group and the loathsomeness of this particular campaign, they were pretending to be foreign nationals and posting in foreign languages. It’s unlikely many Americans ever read any
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by mypastself 2y ago
I’d be interested to hear your thesis, if you’re planning to invest. Substantially increased industrial use? I own quite a few Pis (although mini PCs have largely replaced them in my homelab), but I’m not sure why we should be expecting maj
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by mypastself 2y ago
Is there any evidence indicating that mental health issues have increased during this period? Or that there is higher incidence in more developed nations?
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by mypastself 2y ago
> What do we do? Continue letting them utilize it, among other things because it saves lives and helps people find employment, at least according to the article. But perhaps dying is preferable to “learning the ways of the white people”.
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by mypastself 2y ago
> The only people who could benefit are the producers, and I could imagine an unscrupulous manufacturer shortening the date on their food so that people will sigh, throw out a half-eaten package that has “expired,” and go buy some more.
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by mypastself 2y ago
Same here, I only ever see any Pi graphics during the initial setup. I guess the use case here is something like a remote workstation easily accessible from any device.
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by mypastself 2y ago
I’m not horrified by humans being intelligent cooperative omnivores.
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by mypastself 2y ago
Only if all those animals are treated poorly. Or at least if they’d be likely to pick non-existence over such existence if they had the choice.

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